November 16, 2021

Dear Prayer Warriors and Faithful Catholics, 

Thanks to you and thousands of others who joined our Spiritual Bouquet for the bishops of our country leading up to their annual Assembly in Baltimore, I am honored to deliver individual copies to each of the bishops this week.

The evening before the conference started, I had the opportunity to meet with Bishop Joseph L. Coffey, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Military Services. He is a great friend and supporter of Catholic Action, and I gave him a copy of our Spiritual Bouquet certificate and he was very grateful.

(See list of total prayer intentions below.)

Even better – We have the help of America’s first canonized saint! The day before heading to the conference venue, I had the opportunity to visit the shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD, just outside Baltimore. I placed our Spiritual Bouquet on the altar where her remains are buried and prayed a rosary for all of our members and their families, as well as for our bishops.

“Elizabeth Ann Seton is a saint. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is an American. All of us say this with special joy, and with the intention of honoring the land and the nation from which she sprang forth as the first flower in the calendar of the saints. Elizabeth Ann Seton was wholly American! Rejoice for your glorious daughter. Be proud of her. And know how to preserve her fruitful heritage.” –Pope Paul VI 

Yes, Catholic Action is determined to bring the laity and clergy into ever closer unity to strategically defeat anti-Christian agendas working in society, and instead to conform all aspects of society to the Gospel by building a Catholic Civilization, where the Civil Laws conform to the Laws of the Gospel, as Our Lord envisioned.

However, we know from scripture that complaining alone leads to more wandering in the wilderness. So we are taking a more creative approach, one that is much more consistent with the example of all the saints in history:

(1) storming heaven with prayer, and 

(2) engaging the clergy in-person with respect and good-will as the officers of our Church. 

Regarding the prayer initiative, the Spiritual Bouquet I am delivering on behalf of all our valiant prayer warriors includes the following: 

• 1,527 Rosaries; 
• 268 Holy Hours/Eucharistic Adoration; 
• 102 Days of Fasting and Abstinence; 
• 151 Mass Intentions; 
• 462 Litanies to the Blessed Mother; 
• 1,821 Hail Mary’s, in addition to innumerable other Prayers and Devotions.

Fittingly then, as we pray for the bishops of our country, let’s join to ask Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton to intercede on behalf of our two primary intentions: 1/ For the spiritual wellbeing of all the bishops, and 2/ That they will confront the challenges facing the Church with steadfast faith and courage in order to make decisions in accord with God’s Will. 

So, I encourage you to continue to storm heaven with your prayers until I am able to complete my mission of handing this full Spiritual Bouquet over to the bishops at some point during the week. All prayers, even those not “tabulated” in the original bouquet are certainly honored before the Throne of God in heaven. 

There’s no time like the present, and as you know, there is a great deal at stake in this decisive moment for the Catholic Church in the US. 

Thank you for your generous participation in our Spiritual Bouquet for the bishops, and I look forward to giving you further updates as I deliver the prayer blessings to our shepherds throughout this week!

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Thomas J. McKenna

http://www.catholicaction.org/

P.S. Stay tuned for future updates where you will be able to hear messages from the bishops themselves.

P. P. S. If you have not had a chance to join and/or submit your intentions for the Seven Holy Masses we are celebrating from November 14-20, Invoking Our Mother of Sorrows, please Submit Your Intentions now.

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/